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virtuous.

Full of virtue; having excellent moral character.

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈvɜːt͡ʃʊəs/Received-Pronunciation/ˈvɝt͡ʃuəs/General-American
  1. Full of virtue; having excellent moral character.

    Successful communities need strong, selfless leaders and a virtuous people.
Where this word comes from

From Middle English vertuous, borrowed from Anglo-Norman vertuous, vertous, ultimately from Late Latin virtuōsus, from Latin virtūs. By surface analysis, virtue + -ous. Doublet of virtuoso and piecewise doublet of virtùous.

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